Tag: energy efficiency
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Window box heater
Last year I started fiddling with passive heating and whipped up one of these window box heaters. I found several flaws with my design and have since learned how to improve the efficiency greatly. For this test, I just leaned it on the sill of the kitchen window (the most northerly facing window) in the…
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Garden review
Our garden has been designed to fulfill many functions. Privacy – Our block is very small, so a good screen of trees and shrubs is necessary to keep the noise from the road and neighbors down, as well as to allow us to move around the garden and house without fuss. The citrus hedge,…
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Time to look back over the last few months.
Now the cooler weather is here, it’s time to look back over the last 6 and a bit months of activity and see where our efforts at making the house and our lifestyle more comfortable and “sustainable’. We have been blessed with many gifts, contacts, small loans and untiring friends, so much so that we…
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Whirlybird.
I had a ‘whirlybird’ roof ventilator installed. They make a big difference to ventilation and heat build up in the roof in summer. They also help ventilate the house in winter and prevent build up of dampness and mold. We’ve put them in our last 2 houses and swear by them. They work passively and…
